Solihull news

• Most read: Porsche-driving crook jailed, man killed in suspected hit-and-run, rings stolen on train

  08-01-2016 23:30
  
  Catch up on last night's big stories with our roundup of the most read from Friday, January 8
  
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• More than 350 police officers leave force in just 12 months

  08-01-2016 20:00
  
  Concern at mass exodus of officers from West Midlands Police
  
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• London Midland train cleaner stole devastated wife's £5k wedding and engagement rings

  08-01-2016 20:00
  
  He snatched the jewellery from the floor as he collected litter
  
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• Dying Kingstanding dad David Morsley to renew wedding vows and see youngest son Christened after massive response to his illness

  08-01-2016 20:00
  
  Young father diagnosed with brain tumour after he collapsed at home
  
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• Crooked accountant Anthony Collinson jailed for £115,000 Barber Institute charity scam

  08-01-2016 19:45
  
  Pensioner ripped off group of which he was treasurer to prop up Far East fashion venture
  
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• Leon Chapman: Porsche-driving career criminal jailed for terrifying bank and supermarket raids

  08-01-2016 18:52
  
  He held up security staff delivering cash to Lloyds Bank in Birmingham city centre and Morrisons store in Small Heath
  
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• Sutton Coldfield school expansion prompts calls to end school run chaos

  08-01-2016 18:00
  
  Birmingham City Council planning committee members say something must be done about parking congestion at school gates throughout city
  
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• Primary school places applications: How to appeal

  08-01-2016 17:40
  
  If parents miss out on their top choices they have until May 17 to appeal
  
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• Parents face four-month wait as primary school application deadline looms

  08-01-2016 17:40
  
  The deadline for applying for places for children starting primary school this September is January 15
  
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• Deadline looms for primary school applications

  08-01-2016 17:40
  
  Time running out for parents to get their youngsters into the school they have targeted
  
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• Bosch sanders recalled over 'life-threatening' electric shock risk

  08-01-2016 17:00
  
  Company issues safety alert after fault discovered with ventilation wheel on number of models
  
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• Boy racers 'left houses shaking with noise of cars'

  08-01-2016 16:46
  
  Car cruisers rapped for breaking ban on car gatherings
  
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• Major homeless event planned to distribute food, clothing and even haircuts

  08-01-2016 16:08
  
  Carrs Lane Church playing host to day which aims to help needy
  
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• Top cop: Gun crimewave is down to gang wars in Birmingham

  08-01-2016 16:00
  
  Police have recovered 23 firearms in last three months
  
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• Man stabbed in street attack in Tipton

  08-01-2016 15:42
  
  Two arrested after incident in Slater Street
  
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• George Osborne accused of 'neutering' bank watchdog

  08-01-2016 15:41
  
  Treasury has denied any involvement in the decision by the independent FCA
  
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• New alcohol guidelines: What has changed and how much is recommended for men and women?

  08-01-2016 15:04
  
  The recommended weekly units of alcohol have changed for men and pregnant women, so how much should you be drinking?
  
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• 'Calculating' paedophile who targeted shy schoolgirl online jailed

  08-01-2016 14:50
  
  Mark Cope, from Birmingham, travelled hundreds of miles for meeting
  
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• Selly Oak: £250,000-worth of cannabis found in house

  08-01-2016 13:46
  
  Five hundred plants found in four rooms during early-morning raid
  
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• Teenager fined for making up race attack claim after Paris terror strikes

  08-01-2016 13:45
  
  Girl of 18 alleged she was punched for wearing a hijab
  
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• Met Office: 60 per cent of snow and severe ice in West Midlands

  08-01-2016 13:18
  
  Warning issues as artic blast set to hit region on Monday
  
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• Met Office: 60 per cent chance of snow and severe ice in West Midlands

  08-01-2016 13:18
  
  Warning issues as artic blast set to hit region on Monday
  
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• Snow from Arctic blast expected to hit Solihull - Solihull Observer

  08-01-2016 13:13 via
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  Snow from Arctic blast expected to hit Solihull
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  SNOW left over from the Arctic blast is expected to arrive in Solihull on Tuesday (January 12) and Wednesday (January 13). The winter storm, which has already blanketed Scotland in snow, will sweep across the West Midlands bringing in temperatures as ...
  

• Death of Solihull mum after Acocks Green crash leaves questions - Solihull Observer

  08-01-2016 13:13 via
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  Death of Solihull mum after Acocks Green crash leaves questions
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  THE DEATH of a Solihull mother who died after being hit by a car in Acocks Green just two day after Christmas has left her family 'shocked' by the sudden loss. Pedestrian Ilona Ford was hit by a Ford Focus on Olton Boulevard East at 7.15am on Tuesday ...and more »
  

• Save Erdington's Victorian shops plea from city councillor

  08-01-2016 13:00
  
  Developer's plan to demolish 100 year old High Street shopping parade put on hold after being slammed by planners
  
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• Family of 'proud mum' who died in road collision appeal for help

  08-01-2016 12:27
  
  Ilona Ford, who had two children, was hit by a Ford Focus on Olton Boulevard East, Acocks Green
  
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• Solihull Moors set for 'six pointer' against North Ferriby United - Solihull Observer

  08-01-2016 12:01 via
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  Solihull Moors set for 'six pointer' against North Ferriby United
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  MOORS are preparing themselves for another six-pointer as the league leaders host promotion rivals North Ferriby United in the Vanarama National North. An impressive festive period saw Marcus Bignot's side pick up ten points out of a possible 12 and ...and more »
  

• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at January 8 in years gone by

  08-01-2016 11:13
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on January 8.
  
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• Adventures on the bomb sites of Small Heath

  08-01-2016 11:06
  
  Author pens memories of growing up on the streets of post-war Birmingham
  
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• Travel firms prepare for 'Sunshine Saturday'

  08-01-2016 11:00
  
  Busiest day of the year expected for holiday bookings with over one million people visiting their websites or shops
  
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• JLR reveals record global sales - despite fall in China

  08-01-2016 10:59
  
  Record figures in UK and Europe boost car giant's global sales - despite fall in Far East
  
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• Justice campaigners: The reason we feel 'stabbed in the back'

  08-01-2016 10:58
  
  An open letter to Crime Commissioner from J421
  
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• Burger Bar gang brothers who brought terror to Ladywood banned from streets

  08-01-2016 10:43
  
  Three brothers and friend handed injunctions after being linked to 'numerous' firearms incidents
  
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• Sutton Coldfield 'snubbed' in boundary review say Tories

  08-01-2016 10:31
  
  Conservatives say Royal Town should have 11 councillors, not ten, as proposed in revamp of city council wards
  
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• Hollybank Road, Kings Heath: Man killed in suspected hit and run

  08-01-2016 09:40
  
  Pedestrian hit by car which did not stop in early hours
  
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• Morning news headlines: No safe level of drinking, health chiefs warn; Disability benefits assessments still off target, public spending watchdogs warn

  08-01-2016 09:31
  
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• Jihadi 'planned Charlie Hebdo-style attack in Bullring', court told

  08-01-2016 09:10
  
  Gabriel Rasmus was “desperate” to join Islamic State and when he failed to get there decided to target UK
  
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• Taxi driver escapes unhurt after losing control and rolling car

  08-01-2016 08:51
  
  No other vehicles involved in crash on Yew Tree Lane, Yardley
  
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• Solihull students reminded about the importance of social media - Solihull Observer

  08-01-2016 08:42 via
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  Solihull students reminded about the importance of social media
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  SOLIHULL students are helping scientists examine how social media can be used to spread negative content. Pupils at St Peter's Catholic School have teamed up with academics from the University of Oxford's Department of Computer Science to help ...
  

• People smuggling network brought 20 migrants 'per night' into UK

  08-01-2016 08:34
  
  Sleman Ahmed, 33, arrested in Bordesley Green, is wanted by the Belgian police
  
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• Machete attack victim may never walk again as spinal cord severed

  08-01-2016 08:09
  
  Family of 26-year-old victim devastated at horrific injuries after New Year's Day attack
  
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• How living in Solihull could pay for your train travel in a week - ITV News

  08-01-2016 07:31 via
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  How living in Solihull could pay for your train travel in a week
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  House prices are rising so fast in some commuter belt areas that they are "earning" home owners enough to pay for their annual transport to work in just a week, according to analysis by a property website. Zoopla compared the average house price ...and more »
  

• Video: Birmingham's flagship Primark store wins planning permission

  08-01-2016 07:30
  
  Councillors vote unanimously in favour of plans to convert the ailing Pavilions shopping centre in Birmingham's High Street
  
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• £1.5 million rugby centre and housing plans for derelict Edgbaston playing fields

  08-01-2016 07:30
  
  Former Avery and M&B recreation grounds in Summerfield area to be developed with all weather rugby pitches and 116 homes
  
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• Trial continues for Birmingham men facing terror charges

  08-01-2016 00:00
  
  Two Birmingham men are appearing at the Old Bailey accused of attempting to smuggle themselves out of the UK in a lorry to join the Islamic State group Daesh.Anas Abdalla, aged 26, of Fox Hollies Road, Acocks Green and Mahamuud Diini, aged 25, of Coventry Road, Small Heath face charges of attempting to travel to Syria to engage in terrorism.
  
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• The violence ends now - senior officer’s message to armed criminals

  08-01-2016 00:00
  
  A senior police officer has vowed to stop the current wave of gun crime across Birmingham and warned offenders they can expect to feel the full weight of the law.Assistant Chief Constable Carl Foulkes says the force will stand firm against armed criminals following a sudden surge in firearms offences. His message comes on the day three violent members of the same family are served gang injunctions after being linked to dozens of violent clashes and gun related crime.
  
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• Police seek witnesses after woman dies from collision injuries

  08-01-2016 00:00
  
  Collision investigators are appealing for witnesses after a woman died in Acocks Green just after Christmas. Pedestrian Ilona Ford was hit by a Ford Focus on Olton Boulevard East at 7.15am on Tuesday 29 December. The 41-year-old from Sparkbrook was taken to hospital, but sadly died from her injuries. 
  
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• Notorious Coventry gun-smuggler back behind bars for armed robberies

  08-01-2016 00:00
  
  A notorious Coventry crook - once jailed for trying to smuggle an arsenal of guns and explosives into the UK - is back behind bars after West Midlands Police linked him to armed robberies in Birmingham. Leon Chapman struck at Lloyds Bank in Newhall Street on 18 May last year - shortly after being released from prison following a 19-year term for importing revolvers, shotguns and grenades via Felixstowe port - and Morrison’s Supermarket in Small Heath on 9 June.
  
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• Hijab attack ‘victim’ fined for wasting police time

  08-01-2016 00:00
  
  A woman who claimed she was subjected to a racist assault – telling the police and media she’d been targeted for wearing a hijab head covering – has been fined for wasting police time after CCTV enquiries showed she made up the attack. The 18-year-old reported being set upon by a man in New Street, near the Odeon cinema, and punched in the face with such force it knocked her over. But CCTV enquiries proved the woman fabricated the story - a £90 fixed penalty tic
  
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